Edwin a



Patented Oct. 11,1188? (No Model.)

E. A. HAYES.

OIL BAG FOR DISTRIBTING OIL 0N WATER. No. 371,194.

INVENTR Wl T NESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVIN A. HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OIL-BAG FOR DISTRIBUTING OlL ON WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,194, dated October11, 1887.

Application filed January *27, 1887. Serial No. 225,624. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. HAYEs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Bags forDistributing Oil on Water, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed for distributing'oil on stormy waters in order to prevent the waves from breaking and tocause them to come in a rolling swell, and has for its object theprovision of a device portable and simple in construction, cheap inmanufacture, always charged ready for use, easy to operate or rake careof, and which will be eflicient in practical use.

To attain the desired end my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a view ofthe exterior of my oilbag; Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a view ofmy oil-bag packed in an inclosing-can, and Fig. 4. is a view of amodification of the tube contained in my oil-bag.

Like letters of reference, wherever they oecur,indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, D represents a perforated metallic chamber,tube, or case provided with a removable top or cover, D, which isordinarily screwed tightly on the same. The tube or chamber D ispreferably cylindrical, as shown in Fig. 2, or in modified form may becurved, as shown in Fig. 4, or may, if preferred, be of any otherdesired shape.

The perforated chamber or case D is placed Within a bag, A, the outercovering of which may consist of wide-mesh hemp, and the interior ofwhich is preferably divided into two compartments, the outer one beinglled with cork and the inner one with deers hair or equivalent suitablematerials. Although I prefer to use both the cork and deers hair orequivalents, yet it is obvious that either one may be dispensed with, ifdesired. In order to strengthen the bag, and also to provide a means ofhandling the same, the exterior of the bag the cover D' of theperforated chamber or l tube D, the lower extremity of which is providedwith a plunger, E', which serves, in connection with the valve FP, topump the oil (with which the chamberD is filled) and force the samethrough the perforations d, when the rod is pulled in au upwarddireetiom after which the spring E3 serves to return the plunger E toits normal position. Y

. The oil-bag A is ordinarily kept Within a (preferably) metallic can,F, provided with a screwlthreaddf, and a cover, F', adapted to bescrewed on the same in such a manner as to forni an air-tight lvessel.It will thus be seen that if the can F (containing the bag A) is filledwith oil, the bag will absorb the oil, and afterthe same becomessaturated any evaporation or drying up of the oil may be prevented bytheuse of the air-tight cover F. The bag A is thus kept charged and alwaysready for use, and upon a number ofthem being removed from the cans in astorm, and after being suitably attached to lines being thrown overboardin the direction most available for their use, the oilwill filter outthrough the hair and cork and will ooze out slowly through the sides ofthe bag upon the surface of the water. This mode of `distributing theoil is simple and effective, and gives the proper quantity of oilconstantly to the waves, neither too much or too little, in order toserve the purpose required.

It has been found that when too large a body of oil is put at once onthe surface of 9o the water in a storm it is ineffective and en- -tirelyuseless, as the sea breaks it up into lumps and carries it on the decksor against the sides of the vessel, whereas when the oil is fed outgently and in small quantities the waves do not break, but roll underthe surface of the oil and break beyond the same. Thus, when theoil-bagsA are suspended from the ship and are tossed about by the water,the

oil is gradually automatically pumped out of Ioo the tube or chamberD,which, should occasion require, may be readily recharged by puttingthe hand in the opening a in the bag A and removing the cover D andagain filling the perforated tube or chamber D.

As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction andrelative arrangement of parts might be resorted to Without departingfrom the spirit and scope-of my invention, I Would have it understoodthat Ido not restrict myself to the particular construction andarrangement ofparts shown and described, but that I reserve the right tomake such changes, and that That I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. A buoyant bag, A, adapted to contain oil and to distribute the sameupon Water., and eontainingan interior perforated tube or chamber, D,for holding` the oil, ineased Within the same. substantially asdescribed.

2. The co1nbinalion,with a bag, A, adapted to contain oil and todistribute the same upon water, of a metallic can, F, adapted to containthe same immersed in oil and provided With an air tight cover, F',adapted to prevent the oxidation of the oil, substantially as set forth.

3. A bag adaptedto contain oil and to distribute the same upon water,and consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber sur'l roundedby a compartment containing cork or equivalent material,substantial lyas described.

4. A bag adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same upon Water,and consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber surrounded bycompartments containing cork and deers hair or equivalent materials, asand for the purpose set forth. i

5. A bag adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same upon Water,and consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber surrounded bycompartments C-Ontaining cork and deers hair or equivalent materials,the Whole inclosed in a covering of wideemesh hemp, substantially asspecified.

6. A bag,A, adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same uponWater, and consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber, D,filled with oil and surrounded by a compartment filled with suitablematerials, substantially as described, Within which tube are placed theplunger E and valve E or equivalent pumping devices,Whereby,When theplunger is suitably attached to avessel, the oil may be slowlydischarged from the chamber D into the outer portion of the bag, andthence upon the Water automatically by the action of the Waves uponwhich the bag A iioats, as and for the uses and purpose set forth.

7. The eombination,with the bag A for containing oil, containing corkand deers hair, and the perforated tube D, of the binding ropes A,substantially as described.

8. The combination,with the bag A for conf taining oil and provided Withan interior per forated tube or chamber, D, of the inelosingbinding-ropes A', placed in net-Work form around the exterior of the bagand formed at the top of the same into a loop or handle, A2, as and forthe uses and purpose set forth.

9. In a bag, A, for eontai ning oil, the combination, with the inclosingbinding ropes A', placed upon the exterior of the same and formed at thetop of the same into a loop or handle, A2, and with the perforated tubeD,

Apla-ced Within the bag and adapted to hold the oil, of the pumpingdevices consisting of the cap A3, attached to the handle A2, thevertical rod E, plunger E', and valve E, adapted upon manipulation topump the oil from the perforated tube, substantially as described.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New York, county and State of New York.

EDWIN A. HAYES.

\Vitn esses:

LoUIs Z. KINTsLER, 7. H. FLETCHER.

